Team Fast Find attempts the National Three Peaks Challenge

On 30th June 2012 Team Fast Find, made up of nine employees of Orolia Ltd, the manufacturer of Fast Find PLBs, will be attempting the National three Peaks Challenge - walking up Ben Nevis (the highest peak in Scotland), Mount Snowdon (the highest peak in Wales) and Scafell Pike (the highest peak in England), all within twenty four hours including travel time between each location.

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McMurdo launches NEW Fast Find Ranger Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)

Compact and rugged for the harsh outdoor environment

McMurdo, a business of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris – FR0010501015 – ALORO) has extended its range of leading emergency distress beacons with the launch of the NEW Fast Find Ranger PLB (Personal Locator Beacon), designed specifically as a potential life saving device for all outdoor enthusiasts.

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McMurdo launches NEW Fast Find 220 Personal Locator Beacon (PLB)

The next generation of the hugely popular Fast Find range

McMurdo, a business of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris – FR0010501015 – ALORO) has extended its range of leading emergency distress beacons with the launch of the NEW Fast Find 220 PLB (Personal Locator Beacon).

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McMurdo Fast Find PLB activation results in rescue of injured Briton from New Zealand Mountain

A British man, Chris Painter has been successfully rescued from the wilderness of the Kahurangi National Park in New Zealand after activating his McMurdo Fast Find Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) on Wednesday 7th March.
61 year old Chris Painter injured his knee during a ten day fishing trip and being alone and unable to move, was in desperate need of help. Luckily Mr Painter, who had emigrated to New Zealand from Ilkley, West Yorkshire eight years ago was carrying a PLB, which he had purchased in the UK ten years previously. With no mobile phone signal available he took the decision to activate the device.

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Fast Find PLB takes the ‘search’ out of ‘search and rescue’ – new UK legislation gives go ahead for land rescues

From 12th January 2012, outdoor enthusiasts will be able to use McMurdo’s Fast Find Personal Location Beacon (PLB) on land in the UK following a change in legislation by OFCOM, the regulatory authority for the broadcasting and telecommunications industries in the United Kingdom.

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Mid-Atlantic rescue takes place thanks to McMurdo PLB

A Fast Find Personal Locator Beacon (PLB) has saved the lives of four yachtsmen, who were successfully rescued when they activated the beacon following a problem onboard their sailing yacht in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.

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